The jury at the inquest into the deaths of brothers Eoghan and Ruairi Chada has returned a verdict of unlawful killing for both boys.

Kathleen Chada has said she feels the presence of her murdered boys, Eoghan and Ruairi, with her, particularly in her own home.

"How do I live with the knowledge of their last moments? How scared they must have been. Did they cry for me? Did they scream? Did they know what was happening?

"Sanj did not have to bury his children, I did. I stood by that graveside as two white coffins with my whole life in them were laid side by side — big boys now but always my babies."

Sanjeev Chada has been given two life sentences after pleading guilty to murdering his two sons in Co Mayo.

A father is to stand trial on charges of murdering his two sons.

A 43-year-old man has been sent forward for trial at the Central Criminal Court charged with the murders of his sons.

Sanjeev Chada appeared in court in Roscommon again today, charged with the murder of his two sons.

A father on suicide watch after being charged with the murder of his two sons appeared in court yesterday.

A man charged with the murder of his two sons will be served with the book of evidence next month after appearing at Harristown District Court yesterday.

Last Sunday they were in their local church, full of excitement and energy as they helped their grandmother collect leaflets and tidy up; yesterday they were buried side by side in the graveyard outside as their mother Kathleen, other family, friends, and community looked on.

On the best of days it can be difficult to reconcile the extremes endured by different individuals, families, communities or societies. On the worst of days it can be a great, character-defining challenge.

Two young brothers who were so close they shared a bed were buried side by side today as their father appeared in court charged with their murders.

The father of the two young boys found dead in a car in Co Mayo earlier this week has appeared in court in Co Roscommon.

The home where Eoghan, 10, and Ruairí, 5, Chada grew up was cordoned off yesterday by gardaí to ensure their grief stricken mother and her family and friends could mourn in private.

A 43-year-old man appeared in court last night charged with the murder of his two schoolboy sons.

The father of two Co Carlow brothers has appeared in court charged with his sons' murders in Co Mayo.

Carlow man Sanjeev Chada is to appear before a special sitting of Swinford District Court at 9pm this evening charged in connection with the murders of his sons Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5).

Gardaí are to resume questioning the father of two young brothers found dead in the boot of a car in Co Mayo this morning.

Gardaí are likely to seek charges today against Sanjeev Chada in connection with the murder of his children, Eoghan and Ruairi.

Community figures close to the extended Chada family in Co Carlow are perplexed at how Sanjeev Chada’s financial troubles may have triggered his extreme behaviour, ending in the death of his two children.

The bodies of five-year-old Ruairi and 10-year-old Eoghan are being returned home to Ballinkillen near Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, for their funerals in the coming days.

Gardaí have arrested the father of two young Co Carlow brothers found dead in Co Mayo earlier this week.

Gardaí believe staff at petrol stations, shops, food outlets, and B&Bs may have spotted Sanjeev Chada or his car in the 20-hour period he went missing with his two sons.

Parents gathered together in little huddles and went in and out of Ballinkillen NS yesterday, to hear how best they can tell their own children about what happened to Eoghan and Ruairí Chada, while just a few hundred metres away Kathleen Chada was attempting to take in the enormity of her loss.

Slain brothers Eoghan and Ruairi Chada were curled up beside each other and looked like they were asleep when gardaí opened the boot of the car driven by their father Sanjeev.

Detectives in two counties are investigating the deaths of two children found dead in a car driven by their father.

Gardaí were last night waiting to question a man in connection with the death of his two children after a nationwide search for them.

What initially looked like a single vehicle accident on a sunlit afternoon turned into something far more tragic within minutes of gardaí arriving at the scene outside Westport, Co Mayo.

Relatives were last night trying to comfort Kathleen Chada, the devastated mother of Eoghan, 10, and Ruairi, 5, whose bodies were discovered just hours after gardaí issued a major alert in a bid to establish their whereabouts.

Two children have died in a car accident after they went missing with their father.

Gardaí have issued the first alert on their emergency child rescue system after a father and his two young children disappeared.

Growing up is hard to do, as this little charmer from 'Bend It Like Beckham' director Chada shows.